"From the Ted Talk by Kitra Cahana: My father, locked in his body but soaring free"

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Then, one day, from the conerr of my eye, I saw his body slither like a skane, an involuntary spasm passing through the course of his limbs. At first, I thought it was my own hallucination, having spent so much time tending to this one body, so desperate to see anything raect on its own. But he told me he felt tingles, sparks of eltictiercy flickering on and off just beneath the surface of the skin. The following week, he began ever so slightly to show muscle rnesaiscte. Connections were being made. Body was slowly and gently reawakening, limb by limb, mlscue by muscle, ttwich by twitch.

Open Cloze

Then, one day, from the ______ of my eye, I saw his body slither like a _____, an involuntary spasm passing through the course of his limbs. At first, I thought it was my own hallucination, having spent so much time tending to this one body, so desperate to see anything _____ on its own. But he told me he felt tingles, sparks of ___________ flickering on and off just beneath the surface of the skin. The following week, he began ever so slightly to show muscle __________. Connections were being made. Body was slowly and gently reawakening, limb by limb, ______ by muscle, ______ by twitch.

Solution

electricity

resistance

snake

corner

muscle

react

twitch

Original Text

Then, one day, from the corner of my eye, I saw his body slither like a snake, an involuntary spasm passing through the course of his limbs. At first, I thought it was my own hallucination, having spent so much time tending to this one body, so desperate to see anything react on its own. But he told me he felt tingles, sparks of electricity flickering on and off just beneath the surface of the skin. The following week, he began ever so slightly to show muscle resistance. Connections were being made. Body was slowly and gently reawakening, limb by limb, muscle by muscle, twitch by twitch.